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iOS 14’s public beta is rolling out today

The public betas for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are rolling out today, and they bring a laundry list of new features, including the biggest changes to the iOS home screen that we’ve seen in years.

This will be the first opportunity for anyone who’s not enrolled in Apple’s developer program to try out the new operating systems, which we expect to see in their final form at the end of this summer. The…

Study: Pregnant women can transmit coronavirus to their babies, results suggest

In an interview, Fenizia said the review is preliminary and was plagued by factors that make it too early to draw conclusions for use in the care of pregnant women infected by the virus. But, he said, “our study should be considered a ringing bell to raise awareness that [transmission] is possible.” He urged further research in the area, which already is underway in some places.

Fenizia’s…

What is multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children following COVID-19? – Medical News Bulletin

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Health experts are studying multisystem inflammatory syndrome – a newly identified, rare condition that can affect some children and teens following COVID-19.

As the…

Weekly jobless claims total 1.314 million, vs 1.39 million estimate

Weekly jobless claims were lower than expected last week as workers slowly returned to their jobs in the wake of rising coronavirus cases.

Claims for the week ended July 4 totaled 1.314 million, compared with the 1.39 million expected from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The total marked a decrease of 99,000 from a week earlier, according to the Labor Department.

The four-week moving…

Moscow to reopen schools and colleges next week; Hong Kong grapples with new cluster

Weekly jobless claims total 1.314 million, less than expected

Weekly jobless claims were lower than expected last week as employees slowly returned to work in the wake of rising coronavirus cases, reports CNBC’s Jeff Cox.

Initial jobless claims hit 1.314 million last week, compared to a Dow Jones estimate of 1.39 million. The number marked a small decline from the previous week’s total of 1.43…

Unreal Engine can now capture facial expressions via an official iOS app

A newly released iOS app from Epic Games lets developers record facial expressions that can be imported directly into the Unreal Engine, using little more than an iPhone’s front-facing camera. The Live Link Face app, which is available to download now from the App Store, can stream this facial animation data in real time directly onto characters in Unreal Engine, which Epic hopes will make…

After the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay

The robot arrived just a few days after Christine Kiernan, an orthopedic surgeon at Tullamore Hospital in Ireland, was diagnosed with COVID-19. She’d arranged for Violet, an autonomous ultraviolet cleaning machine, to start trials at Tullamore to help the hospital adapt to staff shortages caused by the pandemic. But on Violet’s first day of work, Kiernan was already laid up in bed.

“It was…

A ‘financial war’ with China could be brewing on top of the trade war

You’ve heard about the trade war with China. There may be a separate, potential “financial war” brewing.

The Securities and Exchange Commission wants you to know more about what is happening with Chinese companies that list in the United States. The regulators also want you to know that they are having a really hard time finding out exactly what is going on. 

Thursday the SEC is holding a…

Google Maps tests showing traffic lights in the US

In a new test, Google Maps is showing the location of traffic lights in cities around the US in its Android app. The feature was initially spotted by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To help people stay better informed on the road, we’re testing a Google Maps feature on Android that shows the location of traffic lights in select cities across the U.S,” the…

Vietnam has 0 coronavirus deaths. Here’s why.

CNBC Reports

Vietnam is one of only a handful of countries to have reported no fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic. Timothyna Duncan reports on how the country, which shares a porous land border with China, defied the odds.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

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A recurring theme of this newsletter is that I write about TikTok, make some dark prediction about its future, and then turn out to be totally wrong. In that spirit, I thought today we could look at the particularly newsy week the ByteDance-owned video app has had, and then contribute some additional speculation that I will later have to disown or apologize for.

Yesterday we talked about…